High Court to hear Hanson challenge to racist hate speech laws

The One Nation leader has been granted leave to appear before the country's highest court. According to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, the leader is arguing that the contentious 18C hate speech law is invalid under the constitution.

In a separate matter, a Federal Court challenge against the South Australian government’s proposed $96 million Adelaide MotoGP circuit has been discontinued. Joshua Hogan lodged the action in September seeking a permanent injunction against the project, which involves the removal of nearly 400 trees. Following a brief hearing in Brisbane, Judicial Registrar Michael Buckingham stated the proceedings would be discontinued, and neither the federal nor the South Australian governments will pursue costs.

A separate legal challenge to the circuit by the South East City Residents Association remains ongoing. SECRA president David Klingberg stated that the South Australian Supreme Court has set a hearing for that matter on November 17.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, ABC News AU — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.